But, San Francisco is also located in a “ring of fire” with a staggering 85% of ... of complete destruction if hit with a deadly earthquake. However, a new project costing billions hopes ...

A popular spot in America for tourists is also a hotspot for earthquakes with a number of projects underway to future-proof ...

California has been rocked by at least nine earthquakes since Thursday, raising fears that the "Big One" could be near.

Backflow prevention devices can help solve that, said Andrew Whelton, an engineering professor at Purdue University. The devices are installed at water meters and only allow water to flow in one ...

A series of small earthquakes shook the San Francisco Bay Area on Thursday, according to the United States Geological Survey.

Fire crews were searching for a person who was reportedly in the water near San Francisco's Pier 32 late Saturday night. The San Francisco Fire Department said it received reports of two people in ...

In what is slowly becoming a regularity in this tiny Texas town, another earthquake has been reported near the San Antonio area. The U.S. Geological Survey, the agency responsible for tracking ...

Kate Anderson, hazard mitigation coordinator with the San Rafael Fire Department, chats with attendees of a wildfire safety panel at city hall in San Rafael, Calif. on Thursday, Feb. 6 ...

which USGS notes is an active fault in the San Francisco Bay region. They had magnitudes of 3.2, 3.3 and 2.6 respectively. Another 2.5 magnitude earthquake also struck 2 miles off Pleasant Hill in ...

A preliminary magnitude 3.7 earthquake rattled the Bay Area on ... the quake was felt in other parts of the Bay Area, including San Francisco, Berkeley, Concord and Fremont. No injuries were ...